DENVER >> Immediately after a jury determined that Taylor Swift had been groped by a radio station host before a concert in Denver, the singer-songwriter turned to one of her closest allies — her mother — and later said she hoped t...

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CHICAGO >> From defiant lawsuits to reversing policies, U.S. cities and counties are zeroing in on their immigration rules to avoid losing millions in public safety dollars that the White House has threatened to withhold amid a high-stakes clash over sanctuary policies.

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PORTLAND, Ore. >> Well before Oregon legalized marijuana, its verdant, wet forests made it an ideal place for growing the drug, which often ended up being funneled out of the state for big money. Now, officials suspect pot grown legally in Oregon and other states is also being smuggled out, and the trafficking is putting America’s multibillion-dollar marijuana industry at risk.

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PISCATAWAY >> Starting with Jason and Devin McCourty in the mid-2000s, and ending with the departure of Duron Harmon and Logan Ryan after the 2011 season, Rutgers became a launching point for defensive backs looking to get to the NFL.

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EAST RUTHERFORD >> After a miserable end to the 2016 season and the brouhaha about his desire to be the NFL’s highest paid player, Odell Beckham Jr. is having a great time at training camp with the New York Giants.

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WASHINGTON >> Under relentless pressure, President Donald Trump on Monday named and condemned “repugnant” hate groups and declared that “racism is evil” in a far more forceful statement than he’d made earlier after deadly, race-fueled weekend clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. >> A man accused of ramming his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia was denied bond Monday after the public defender’s office said it couldn’t represent him and the judge was forced to find a local attorney to fill in.